Question About Installing PowerPivot

Question

I have Office 2010; just downloaded & installed Power Pivot.  I can't get it to 'stick'.  I installed the AddIn, from .COM.  Here's an image:

I hit 'OK' but I don't see any tab for Power Pivot.  If I close excel and re-open it, I still don't see the tab for Power Pivot.  I actually have to go to File > Options > AddIns > Manage > Com AddIns > Go . . . and it is UNCHECKED!!  I check it and hit OK, and it is STILL NOT ADDED.  I can't seem to AddIn the AddIn. 

I just uninstalled PP from Control Panel > Programs and Features, and then reinstalled it.  Now, I still can't get Excel to load the PP tab.  Check out this view:

PP seems to be disabled.  What do I need to do to get this working? 

I'm using Windows 7 & Office 2010 Pro Plus.

Am I missing something simple or what???

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Ryan Shuell

Answer 1

Thanks everyone!  It is working now!!

I did some research on this a found a few useful things.  I followed all of the instructions here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ronpih/archive/2009/11/18/office-14-beta-2-powerpivot-for-excel-ctp3-you-must-install-office-shared-tools.aspx

Then, follow these steps:
1. Open Excel and select File->Options->Addins->Manage and select Disabled items in the dropdown.
2. Click Go and then select: Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Modeler.FieldList.Addin.Integration
3. Close and reopen Excel.

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Ryan Shuell

Answer 2

Hi Ryan Shuell,
I am glad to hear that you have resolved the problem yourself and share the workaround with us. Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

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Bruce Song [MSFT]
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